He’s the man who has made women fall in love with their bodies using tricks, styling techniques and fabulous tailoring.

Here TV’s favourite stylist Gok Wan exclusively reveals how to make the most of your shape, whatever your age and size..

What are your style solutions for women of different ages and sizes?

There’s only one solution for everyone, which is the fact that you all have the same issues regardless of your age.

How you feel in your 20s is no different to how you feel in your 50s.

All the considerations that come into how you feel about yourself – your body, clothing and overall image – are exactly the same as they were when you were younger but it just means that your body has changed slightly.

You need to get to know it and form a relationship with it.

What’s the secret to looking good in your 60s?

Confidence: Meryl Streep (Image: Getty Images)

Confidence! Being in love, whether that’s with yourself or someone else.

When Meryl Streep thanked her husband at the Oscars and kissed him before she went on stage to collect her gong, that was the best fashion moment of my entire life – no one looked for a second at her dress.

They looked at how she felt – and that is what clothing is all about. It needs to be the second opinion.

There is a ­wonderful phrase: I want to grow old ­gracefully. ­Having confidence gives you gracefulness.

Do you think there are any age style rules?

No! And I think women who get dictated to in their 60s and 70s that they can’t go into Topshop and buy a top or a jacket drives me nuts.

It’s all about identity and dressing for you and who you are. There’s nothing greater than seeing a fabulous granny in the street dolled up to the nines and wearing a little hat and working a gorgeous handbag and looking sensational.

But attitudes are changing. More women are saying, “I’m celebrating who I am and my uniqueness”.

A mini skirt over 40 is fine – none of us has the right to tell someone they can’t wear one .

To me it’s as bad as someone turning around and saying to someone, “You don’t have the same rights as me because of the colour of your skin”.

It’s a dictatorship.

What basics should every woman have in her wardrobe?

Some really good tailoring. An LBD. A pair of good-fitting trousers depending on your body shape and the shape of the trousers; a good pair of jeans – that’s an essential and we all need one.

A good fitted white shirt and a blazer of some description – either in navy or black depending on your skin tone or hair colour.

What advice would you give to women stuck in an age style rut?

See where you’ve come from and see what you’ve achieved. One of the great things about growing older, I believe, is that I can experience styles which I knew the first time around.

I know what it’s like to do 80s funk, I know what it’s like to do all that 90s grunge Marc Jacobs.

So when that trend comes around, I’ve got a head start. If you’re in your 50s or 60s and you ­remember the 70s, then you know that fashion era. Go out and enjoy it again. Don’t change your signature style.

Which older women have great style?

Incredible dresser: Diane Keaton (Image: Getty Images)

Diane Keaton is an incredible dresser – her whole preppy thing works so well – and Helen Mirren always looks phenomenal – so confident and her hourglass ­silhouette is very sexy.

These actresses dress for their body shape. I also love Judi Dench. She wears an incredibly different uniform to the other two. She’s not ­flamboyant or outrageous with her ­silhouette but she’s just as beautiful.

Meryl Streep looked wonderful at the Oscars and Anna Wintour is an incredible dresser – and she’s not in her 20s!

What style tips can you offer so a woman avoids looking like mutton dressed as lamb?

Mutton dressed as lamb, midlife crisis – women are under enough pressure as it is. Let’s take all the pressure out of it.

For most women who have brought up the kids and worked hard all their lives, they finally get to an age where they can feel socially, financially and probably emotionally confident and independent again and then they’re told they’re not ­allowed to look like this, that they have to dress a certain way and have all their hair cut off. There are no rules.

I say go out there and start celebrating your life and enjoy being a woman.

My mum doesn’t dress up. She lives her life in jumpers and jeans and she’s the most beautiful person in the entire world and that’s what it is all about.

After many years of styling celebs and real women, what are your golden style rules?

Helen Mirren always looks phenomenal (Image: Getty Images)

Every single woman I’ve ever dressed has turned around to me and said, “I hate my shoulders or I hate my feet or my waist”.

Every single person feels the same way – male or female, celeb or nonceleb. I haven’t met a celebrity in my life who doesn’t dislike a body part. Ever. A woman’s best accessory is a dazzling smile.

Where do you find great high street clothes?

I love Zara for the tailoring, I love Topshop for innovation and Aldo does a great shoe.

We have the best, healthiest and most diverse high street in the entire world.

The jacket in my Sainsbury’s TU ­collection would be considered below high street but it’s beautifully made, really good material and fits well.

Some high street brands have bought cheap and stacked high and it’s given the high street a bad name.

But essentially, if you go round the shops, there is good stuff.

The snobbery of buying ­expensive clothes has shifted – if something looks good, there is far more confidence for the woman to turn around and say, “Actually, it cost me £40 and look how amazing it is!” rather than, “It cost me £2,000” – ­gratuitous and ugly, ­especially with the economic crisis.

Who’s getting it right for plus size?

Obviously my TU range at Sainsbury’s! Zara does a great extra large section and Evans is great too.

Plus size is ­going to be tricky – there is less of a market out there.

Which stores are good for older women?

A belt pulls you in at the middle, encouraging the jacket to kick out over hips to create a beautiful exaggerated waistline

All of them. There should be no exclusivity between ­anyone who wants to buy clothes.

It’s got to be about personal style and your stamp. Don’t feel you need to go to nana shops and buy your winceyette nightie, your two-piece or tweed skirt if you don’t want to.

But if you do, absolutely fine!

Any tips to make cheap clothes look posh?

My top tip is to have quality material if you can get it at a price you can afford. Look for any kind of detailing – the cut is really important.

And a money-saving tip is to find a good seamstress, someone local who can shape your clothes to your silhouette, to fit like a glove.

How important is underwear?

Really important. ­Foundation is the key ­to an outfit as it smoothes ­everything down. You wouldn’t build a house on soggy soil.